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What’s on Goodwell’s radar? – July 2025

From rising pressure for faster exits to African companies finding innovative ways to “do more with less,” see what caught the eye of the Goodwell team in the past month. Our 2024 Impact Report is out now! In it, we reflect on the impact made by Goodwell’s work last year, and on the resilience required to do so. You can read (and share) the […]

What’s on Goodwell’s radar? – June 2025

As global conflicts escalate and ordinary people continue to bear the brunt ofthe hardship, our team at Goodwell is focussing all the more intently on doing good in the world. Part of that means emphasising knowledge sharing and encouraging discussion, whether through our regularly scheduled Round Tables, meeting with our peers in the impact investing space, or of course, our always-interesting team chat. Here’s a […]

What’s on Goodwell’s radar? – May 2025

In between investor meetings, AVCA’s conference in Lagos, ongoing reportingcycles, and our usual day-to-day duties, Goodwell’s team still squeezed in some reading time to stay up to date on Africa’s latest investment trends. Here’s what’s been on our radar this month:  Africa’s Investment Landscape: Insights from AVCA 2025    In late April, our team returned from the AVCA’s (The African Private Capital Association) 2025 Summit […]

Local for local: impact from the ground up

A business built on local expertise   Since Goodwell’s inception over two decades ago, we’ve built our business with a “local-for-local” approach. Impact investment is only effective when it enables accessible progress for the people on the ground. Want to make impactful change for female farmers in Nigeria? You ask those women what they need, not […]

What’s on Goodwell’s radar? – April 2025

It’s a brave new world: old alliances are collapsing, stock markets are ricocheting wildly, and global superpowers are exchanging TikTok-bullets in their latest trade war. This upheaval makes for a chaotic backdrop to daily life, but Goodwell is determined to keep making progress in spite of it. After all, it’s our mission to increase access […]

What’s on Goodwell’s radar? – March 2025

We hope to one day start this Radar with observations about how strong the global economy is, how the peace movement is flourishing, and how great the weather has been. Realistically, we know that this year has gotten off to a troubling start. Post-WWII understandings no longer apply, and international markets are teetering on a knife’s […]

Responsible exits: Lessons from 20+ years of impact investing

Impact investing, at its core, is about changing the world. It’s about building a fairer future, pragmatically and optimistically. Goodwell exists to be a part of this solution: to make positive impact and reward those who participated in making that impact possible. This means executing responsible exits from our investments. The market is still challenging in Africa, yet we see the tides turning: over the next decade, the post-COVID investment […]

Waste management in Africa: A valuable opportunity for impact

Waste management might not sound like the world’s most glamorous industry, but it’scertainly one of the most impactful, touching on all 17 of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) – and every single one of our lives. Global waste generation grows by the day and is expected to increase to an annual 3.4 billion tonnes by 2050. The majority of collected waste isn’t currently disposed of responsibly, and only 13.5% is recycled. In sub-Saharan […]

How financial inclusion drives economic growth across Africa

For farmers in rural Uganda, making a simple banking transaction can be a daunting task, requiring hours of travel and time off of work. But a better system is emerging – agent banking is now spreading to small villages, allowing people to immediately deposit savings, withdraw cash, and make loan repayments. Bringing financial services closer to home saves time and money while giving people more control over […]